Grand Staircase Escalante NM (south)

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM)is a huge area filled with extremely beautiful rock formations. A visit to the little-known Yellow Rock was awesome and so colorful. The Paria Badlands, Toadstool Hoodoo and Grovesnor Arch are also fabulous finds. Also see the Wahweap Hoodoo gallery. They are part of the GSENM, but I felt they deserved their own gallery (I am very fond of them). This is a gallery of the southern half, around the Cottonwood Canyon Road. The northern part around Escalante is in my second GSENM gallery. I feel like I've only scratched the surface of a deep and varied land.

Chimney Rock: a beautiful beacon that can be seen for miles and miles. The beautiful summer day with blue sky, fluffy clouds and classic hard desert light is typical of southwest Utah and the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

Septbember 2014: Buckskin Gulch Tree and Boulder
Just upstream from the confluence with Paria River, Buckskin Gulch has a remarkable opening in the canyon where light shines and trees grow. The oasis has a golden glow

August 2008: Mother Nature's Graffiti. This shot is from the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument on a place simply called "Yellow Rock". I walked all over the top of this great location and found this pattern in the stone just as the sun was going down and lit up the clouds and distant cliffs. It is my favorite shot from Yellow Rock.

March 2014: Paria Sundial
A colorful and sculpted sandstone formation on the West Clark Bench which resembles a sundial. The capstone, colors and shape are incredible. This is my favorite shot from this area.